Content Call: The Day When Facebook Died
Lazy Women wants to hear from you! Send us a short story, fiction piece, commentary or illustration about your experience. ...
#LazyReviews: Is Workin’ Moms worth watching?
Have you watched Working Moms yet? In the latest review we’ll convince you to jump straight into it, whether or not you are a mom or have any plans to be one....
Dear Romance Scammers: What Is Wrong With You?
In the era when online dating is an inevitable option for singles and platforms such as Tinder actually set now-married couples up, it is increasingly easy to believe that true love is just another swipe away. And it might be. But it’s not always prince charming that we meet.
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Of Wine and Women: Wine is FUN! with Whitney Pope
Have you been wondering about the crazy world of wine, but never had the courage to dive in? Have you been discouraged by know-it-alls? Wine is capital F-U-N, and Whitney Pope is here to show you the real deal! Whitney Pope, editor and goddess of WHIT & WINE, wants to demystify and democratize the history and the stories behind your favourite bottles. ...
Keeping Up with Activism: A Struggle of One Academic
Do you feel burnt out from having to constantly speak up & spread awareness about the issues you care about? If yes, this article is for you....
Have you seen my confidence? I think I lost it
Have you ever wondered why boys are louder in a classroom? And why do girls, in general, have lower self-confidence? Here are (some of) the reasons. And #spoileralert, yes, gender plays a role on this one too.
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Sad Girl Summer: a review of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’
"Olivia’s songs hark back to the feeling of teenage nostalgia ever so present in the life of mid-twenty-year-olds still trying to figure things out in the adult world", argues Lazy Una in her review. ...
Plastic-Free July 2021: Zero-Waste Shops in Budapest
Lazies care about many things, and protecting our environment is one of them. To properly honour Plastic-Free July 2021, Zsófi Szlávy is presenting the ultimate guide to zero-or low-waste shops based in Budapest.
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Pastramis & period cups: one lazy woman’s tired fight against climate change
Navigating life within your own moral boundaries, time and budget is quite a challenge - especially if you care about climate change and the environment. Today, Una shares her thoughts on challenges she encountered trying to live sustainably on an average budget.
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Beauty is power? How pretty privilege and sexism intersect
This article looks at the intersection of pretty privilege, providing an unfair leg up to the beautiful, and sexism, stereotyping women as “airheads” or “bimbos”....
“Recovering the voices of women, erased from history” – Interview with historian, Kate McCaffrey
In Lazy Gréti’s new interview two fascinating things unite: medieval history and women’s empowerment. Historian Kate McCaffrey talks about her latest discoveries about the private life and female friendships of Anne Boleyn - and so much more. ...
When is it time to go? Signs that you’re ready to leave a relationship
In today’s article, Zsofi Borsi asks the grand questions: do you really need to “wait it out”, until a relationship becomes “objectively” bad? What could be the early symptoms of the fact that you’re thinking of leaving? ...
Is self-love the ‘new sexy’? Rethinking confidence culture
‘Women are placed in a catch-22: if we seek external validation, we are unappealing, but society has been constructed on the basis that we can only be validated by men.', argues Izzi Williams. ...
Feels like summer: non-fiction to pre-order now
Are you looking forward to reading something that is both entertaining and educational? Lili Rutai has you covered! She collected the five books that must be on your summer pre-order list, in a variety of topics ranging from racial trauma to self-love....
Sexist cities? How urban planning impacts gender justice
In today’s exclusive interview, Zsofi Borsi digs deep into how the patriarchy affects not only attitudes but city architecture as well: “it has never before occurred to me that the way cities are built can be viewed through a gendered lens”, she admits.
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#LazyGirlSummer: picnic reads you cannot miss in 2021
Slowly but surely summer is arriving and it’s time to fill those picnic baskets and head to the park with one (or more) of Tamara Csibra-Kaizler’s recommended summer readings. Warning: don’t forget to pack your hat and sunscreen, it’s guaranteed that you’ll get lost in these books for hours and hours....
Female friendship in literature: an analysis of “My Brilliant Friend”
When it comes to relationships discussion in popular culture is often focused on heterosexual romance, however, friendship might be the most underestimated of all human connections. Female friendships are no different - and Elena argues, that this is probably the most complicated one....
Is this a Compliment? A video essay
A video essay based on messages I received online - from men whom I have never met.
There is an invisible stress factor in most women's lives - one that we ...
Of Wine and Women: Magic Through the Looking-Glass with Christina Rassmussen
From an almost accidental internship in Burgundy to planting her own vineyard in Oxfordshire with her sister, Christina’s journey is a fascinating read. Find out what’s the real deal about natural wines, the wine industry and how Little Wine is shifting the narrative of writing about wine to focusing on the maker instead of mere critiques. ...
The global soul suffers from homesickness
We have to take homesickness seriously, as an identity-forming and character-building emotion in a global and cosmopolitan experience....
Why you shouldn’t feel guilty for not wanting to be a mother
Babies. They are everywhere: social media, family pressure, that cousin who is your age and already has 3 beautiful girls, screaming at you that you are somewhat late for all of that magic. Is this how it's supposed to go? ...
Being Emotional: the ultimate lazy sin?
I recently finished the last episode of Russell T. Davies’ acclaimed drama, It’s A Sin. I had expected to learn a lot from the show, especially given I was par...
The Lazy Women of the Music Industry: Jenobi
Jenobi opens up about her new album ‘Patterns’, fear for the future of the music industry after the pandemic and being a badass feminist bass player in a male-dominated music industry. ...
Being seen as the “sexually repressed Asian” in the West
Yaska explores the intersections of sexual liberation and hypersexualisation and discusses the racism she experienced in the Netherlands....
Ditching Hustle Culture: Sink Deep Into a Book
Lazy Gréti gives us at least 5 good reasons to sink into a book, and ditch today's obsession with the glamorised notion of 'hustle culture'. ...
Notes from a Tomboy: how I reclaimed my femininity
Anti-femininity is a phenomenon that poisons the life of girls and women worldwide. Anna, a self-proclaimed tomboy, shares her childhood memories about her first encounters with patriarchy and anti-femininity. ...
My truth, your truth, our truth? – The need to re-establish the value of empirical facts
In the so called post-truth era of today, empirical research and expert opinion lost its validity, as we all - basing our opinions and knowledge on the non-selective and non-scientific data we can find on the internet, and on the religious or political ideologies we happen to follow - believe we know what’s right, true and good. ...
A Year in the Life: How Covid-19 changed everything for women
This International Women’s Day, instead of taking part in the almost-compulsory, commercial activity of gifting flowers and celebrating “progress” embodied by a few incredible individuals, let’s take some time to review what the past year looked like for average women - and you might recognise some similarities with your own experience, too. ...
Black Lives Matter and Kazakhstan: interracial solidarity and where to find it
The Black Lives Matter movement shook the Western world in 2020, but how does it translate to Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan? Aizada talks us through the popular narratives and implications of the BLM movement in the country. ...
On a Quest to Find My Next Favourite Sustainable Period Product
Are you thinking about switching to sustainable period products but don’t know where to start or what to expect? No worries, lazy Tamara got you covered!...
We Should be Napping: the power and privilege of “self-care”
Napping is one of the most powerful acts of self-care there is. And women shouldn't be ashamed to take a nap however often they like....
My body, my choice: Polish women against the abortion ban
Poland is the latest example of democracy moving backward instead of forward. On the 27h of January the Polish government announced the introduction of a near total ban on abortions. The ruling established that abortion is now legal in Poland only in cases of rape, incest or danger for the mother’s life…. But the Polish people did not intend to sit back and watch in silence. They went back to the streets like they did months before, shouting slogans such as “My body, my choice” and “You will never walk alone”. ...
The Lazy Women of the Music Industry: Viki Lábas
Viki talks about how she started out in the music industry, how she often had/has to battle with not being taken seriously and where she finds inspiration and motivation to keep going and pursuing what she loves even during the “never-ending lockdowns”.
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Valentine’s Day Special: The Challenging Love Collection
The 'Challenging Love' collection is a set of poems and short testimonies reinterpreting and challenging the expectations of modern love....
Opinion: The Pressure to be a ‘Good Feminist’
You shave your legs, suffer over a guy or a girl sometimes, ask for help instead of trying to power through something alone? You wear bras and makeup and you expect the guy to pay the bill on the first date? Have you ever felt that this makes you a bad feminist? In the following personal, yet very relatable piece, Elena Giuliano tells you why you really shouldn’t!
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Feminism, fiction and politics: new books to read in 2021
Lili Rutai has selected some of most anticipated book releases of 2021, in various topics: activism, economics, fiction and non-fiction....
Real love, baby: the contradictory pressures of modern love
Fed by the image of romantic obsession, but encouraged to co-exist in stable, lasting units - so it goes the contradiction of modern love, argues Zsofi Borsi in this explorative piece. ...
Of Wine and Women: Jasmin Swan, the hottest winemaker on the block
Jasmin Swan, the hottest winemaker on the block, is leading the natural Mosel Revolution. Interview by Rebeka Győrfi. ...
Back to the Present: a Lazy Woman’s experience with PTSD
Anna opens up about her experiences with PTSD, the only available form of time travel, and highlights why PTSD impacts women, both in and out of the military, too. , too....
Makeshift products & missing school: period poverty in Hungary
Lili Rutai talked to social workers, teachers, doctors and women who were affected in period poverty. Her goal was to reveal why period poverty is a problem, how it affects women in different parts of the country and what could be done....